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The SUA IR digital repository system captures, stores, indexes, preserves, and distributes digital research material.Sun, 18 Feb 2018 04:38:34 GMT2018-02-18T04:38:34ZEvolution of atmospheric boundary layer structure and its relationship with air quality in Wuhan, Chinahttp://www.suaire.suanet.ac.tz:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2052
Evolution of atmospheric boundary layer structure and its relationship with air quality in Wuhan, China
Mbululo, Y.; Qin, J.; Yuan, Z. X.
Airpollutiondata,airqualityindex(AQI)dataandLband sounding data of Wuhan City from January 1 to February 28, 2015, were used in this study. Since air quality is mainly determined by the condition of the atmospheric boundary layer structure (ABLS), a detailed analysis was carried out in order to determinethe evolutionof thislayer anditsrelationship withair quality.Duringtheinvestigationperiod,thehighestvalueofAQI was 307 on January 26 and the lowest was 33 on February 28 indicating ‘severe pollution’ and ‘excellent’ air quality, respectively. The concentrations of PM2.5 during the days with the highest and lowest AQI were 142.61 and 9.78 μg/m3, respectively. The percentage of days in which the ratio of PM2.5 in PM10 was more than half was 83.05% which means that the greaterportionofpollutantswerecomposedofsmallerparticles. Moreover, four PM2.5 episodes (three or more consecutive days ofPM2.5≥75μg/m3)wereidentifiedandtheaveragepercentage of elementary carbon (EC) in PM2.5 during episode 1 (prior to the episode) was 6.274% (6.276%), episode 2 was 5.634% (7.174%),andepisode4was4.067%(7.785%).Higherconcentrations of EC prior to episodes suggest biomass burning to be one of the reasons for episodes occurrence. Analysis of the ABLS during polluted days show that the boundary layer was dry and warm and had weak low-level wind and dominance of
northerlywinds.Adifferentscenarioisseenoncleandaysasthe boundary layer is observed to be wet and cool, and there is dominance of strong winds. Back trajectory analysis results show that polluted days were dominatedbyair mass from north China while on clean days, the dominant air masses were from East China Sea, Mongolia, and west China
Arab journal of Geoscience, 2017; 10: 477
Fri, 01 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.suaire.suanet.ac.tz:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/20522017-09-01T00:00:00ZRevisiting subjective wellbeing to stimulate empirical research in Sub-Saharan Africahttp://www.suaire.suanet.ac.tz:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2051
Revisiting subjective wellbeing to stimulate empirical research in Sub-Saharan Africa
Kabote, S. J.
This review article focuses on conceptualization, measurement and determinants of Subjective Wellbeing to shade light among researchers in the field of development studies, psychology, sociology, philosophy and economics in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), herein also referred to as a sub-continent. The aim is to revitalize empirical research on Subjective Wellbeing in the sub-continent where there is dearth information about this concept. Such scanty information is attributed to, among others, low interest among researchers to conduct researches on Subjective Wellbeing. The article argues that, although Subjective Wellbeing is difficult to define, researchers in SSA should strive to come up with a common definition that enables cross-country as well as cultural context analysis. In addition, the concept is determined by many variables, such that researches should be conducted in the sub-continent, between and within countries, to find out which ones are the most explanatory variables of Subjective Wellbeing. This is important as it can inform development policy to improve Subjective Wellbeing and development more generally in SSA.
Review Article of Social Sciences 2017; 6(1): 28-34
Tue, 07 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.suaire.suanet.ac.tz:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/20512017-03-07T00:00:00ZPerceived corruption and quality of health services in Mbeya Urban District, Mbeya Region Tanzaniahttp://www.suaire.suanet.ac.tz:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2050
Perceived corruption and quality of health services in Mbeya Urban District, Mbeya Region Tanzania
Kabote, S. J.
This paper examines the effect of corruption on quality of public health services. Corruption, in Tanzania, is a national concern that upsets public health services. There is a public outcry that corruption is increasing in the public health sector while the government’s effort to combat the phenomenon is unimpressive. This poses worries on the quality of public health services. The current study adopted cross-sectional research design, and a total of 180 respondents were involved in the survey. The Mann Whitney U Test was used to compare differences between perceived quality of health services and respondents’ characteristics. Overall, 87.2% of the respondents perceived low quality of health services, and corruption affected quality of health services to a greater extent. Based on age, employment and wealth status, there was significant difference on reporting perceived quality of health services at 5% and 1% level of significance. In addition, respondents’ sex and employment status showed significant difference in reporting the extent to which corruption affected quality of health services at 5% level of significance. The paper draws out two conclusions: first, the quality of health services was low. Second, corruption exacerbated poor quality of health services. To that effect, interventions to combat corruption in the public health sector are needed so as to improve quality of health services.
International Journal of Social Science Research, 2017; 5 (1)
Fri, 31 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.suaire.suanet.ac.tz:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/20502017-03-31T00:00:00ZFactors associated with acquisition of enteric episodes in cattle waste handlers in Morogoro, Tanzaniahttp://www.suaire.suanet.ac.tz:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2049
Factors associated with acquisition of enteric episodes in cattle waste handlers in Morogoro, Tanzania
Madoshi, B. P.; Lupindu, A. M.; Mtambo, M. M. A.; Muhairwa, A. P.; Olsen, J. E.
The study explored risk factors for acquiring enteric disease in animal waste handlers as occupational hazards. A qualitative survey of 124 of respondents from Morogoro peri-urban and urban areas was done. Eight four respondents had experienced enteric episodes as compared to forty who didn’t mention, and among those who mentioned the episodes, 55.95% had reported this to a health facility while 44.05% had consulted a nearby pharmacy or drug shop. Heaping in living plots was mostly practiced storage method within living plots (70.97 %). The percentage of handlers who were aware of risks for acquiring enteric pathogens from cattle after handling their wastes was 43.55%. There was limited awareness of government guideline on handling such wastes (3.23%) and washing hands without soap was found to be the most common health measures taken after handling animal wastes (70.16%). Statistically significant difference was observed in knowledge on occupational hazards (p = 0.001), zoonotic pathogens awareness (p=0.05), experience of participants (p=0.05) and protective gears (p = 0.022). The animal wastes handlers could be constantly exposed to risks associated with enteropathogens due to the lack of training on proper measures to handle animal wastes as occupational hazard, government interventions of formulating laws and by-laws which are user friendly. This could protect the attendants themselves against the zoonotic enteropathogens, the public in general and the environment.
Bulletin of animal health and production in Africa, 2017; 65: 7-15
Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.suaire.suanet.ac.tz:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/20492017-01-01T00:00:00Z